Preserving-can



No Model.) K R'OYEIz PR'ESBRVING CAN.

o. 488,889. Patented D80, 27, 1892,

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEANDER K. ROYER, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

PRESERVlNG-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,839, dated December27, 1892.

Application filed August 29, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEANDER K. ROYER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Anderson,in the county of Madison and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPreserving-Cans; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side View of the can. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of same and Fig.3 is a detail in perspective of the spring key.

The invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements infruit jars, and it consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, all as hereinafter specified.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the jarof ordinary cylindric form, terminating at its upper end in an enlargedneck portion B, which forms an interior olfset or shoulder a, and anexterior shoulder 19. Supported on the oifset or shoulder a is an innercover or lid 0, which is preferably of glass, having its upper marginaledge beveled off obliquely, as indicated at c, to seat a packing ring,or rubber band D. Said lid is also preferably slightly of concavo-convexform.

Serial No. 4%,409. (No model.)

detachably into a loop f in the wire G. Said bail at its central portionis depressed as shown at g, and attached to this portion is a spring keyH. The jar is filled in the ordinary mauner, and the lids and packingring put in place. The bail is then carried over the top of the jar,which is notched at h, h, to

receive it, and its free end hooked into thewire g. The key H is thenturned under the depressed portion 9 of the bail in such a manner as totake a firm bearing on the upper lid, and securely lock it in place. Tounseat the cover, the key is withdrawn and the bail unhooked.

Having described this invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1s:

The herein described fruit jar, having an enlarged upper neck portion B,forming the interior ofiset or should er a, some distance below themouth of the jar, an inner concaveconvex cover or lid O seating on saidinterior shoulder, the outer cover E fitting over said inner cover, thepacking ring between said covers, the exterior wire extending aroundunderneath said exterior shoulder 17, the bail secured at one end tosaid wire and having a depressed central portion, said bail beingarranged to extend transversely over the mouth of the jar and todetachably engage said wire, and a spring key swung on said bail, andadapted to be turned down within the mouth of said jar into contact withsaid outer cover, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LEANDER K. ROYER.

Witnesses:

MASON V. HUNT,

CHAS. M. COOPER.

